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Old 01-15-2004 | 05:22 PM
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Default RE: Building the 7th Chadwick

I installed the tops for the nacelles, cutting them (ABS Plastic) to fit the wing was a process of trial and error. I painted them earlier. Stirred up some epoxy with microballoons to make fillets. Bad idea some of the epoxy flowed in one side and out the other. So I filled the voids with Hobbylite filler and will go over that with epoxy later.

Fiberglassed (3/4 oz.) the Fuse nose. Earlier I decided that the compound curves in the nose would never look good in Monokote. So the nose will be painted. The remainder of the Fuse will be Monokote. I have used Minwax Polyurethane to bond the fiberglass because it sands easily. Will it work? I have no idea. Anybody done that?

This is my goal:
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